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Has there been any demographic analysis of who is quitting? Age cohort, gender, income group, population density (large urban/small urban/suburban/rural) -- th
by tuatoru 5y ago
Has there been any demographic analysis of who is quitting?
Age cohort, gender, income group, population density (large urban/small urban/suburban/rural) -- that kind of stuff?
The BLS has quits by industry and region: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t04.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t04.htm , so that's something.
Also, how much of this is just pent-up turnover? I imagine that many people effectively put their plans on hold for a while when covid hit, and now they are acting on them.
This Statista chart from August makes the quit rate look a bit underwhelming (i.e. it has returned to trend), and the job opening surge a direct consequence of the layoffs earlier: https://www.statista.com/chart/25036/job-openings-quits-and-layoffs-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/chart/25036/job-openings-quits-and-...
- derbOac 5y agoYou might be onto something regarding pent-up/delayed turnover. I recall at the very beginning of the pandemic with the severe lockdown in China, there was a lot of discussion about how after the lockdown was lifted there was a spike in divorces and other things that were put off during the lockdown. This might be something similar. Conceptually how different that is from people having a change of goals and whatnot might be murkier than it seems at first glance though.